Romeo and Juliet — Page 9
These happy masks that kiss fair ladies' brows,
Queste felici maschere che baciano le belle fronti delle dame,
Being black, puts us in mind they hide the fair;
Essendo nere, ci ricordano che nascondono la bellezza;
He that is strucken blind cannot forget
Colui che è stato colpito dalla cecità non può dimenticare
The precious treasure of his eyesight lost.
Il prezioso tesoro della sua vista perduta.
Show me a mistress that is passing fair,
Mostratemi una donna di straordinaria bellezza,
What doth her beauty serve but as a note
A che serve la sua bellezza se non come un appunto
Where I may read who pass'd that passing fair?
Dove posso leggere chi ha superato quella straordinaria bellezza?
Farewell, thou canst not teach me to forget.
Addio, non puoi insegnarmi a dimenticare.
BENVOLIO.
BENVOLIO.
I'll pay that doctrine, or else die in debt.
Pagherò quella dottrina, o altrimenti morirò in debito.
[_Exeunt._]
[_Escono._]
SCENE II. A Street.
SCENA II. Una strada.
Enter Capulet, Paris and Servant.
Entrano Capuleto, Paride e un Servo.
CAPULET.
CAPULETO.
But Montague is bound as well as I,
Ma Montecchi è vincolato quanto me,
In penalty alike; and 'tis not hard, I think,
Dalla stessa pena; e non è difficile, credo,
For men so old as we to keep the peace.
Per uomini così anziani come noi mantenere la pace.
PARIS.
PARIDE.
Of honourable reckoning are you both,
Siete entrambi di onorevole considerazione,
And pity 'tis you liv'd at odds so long.
Ed è un peccato che abbiate vissuto in discordia così a lungo.
But now my lord, what say you to my suit?
Ma ora, mio signore, cosa dite alla mia richiesta?
CAPULET.
CAPULETO.
But saying o'er what I have said before.
Non faccio che ripetere ciò che ho già detto.
My child is yet a stranger in the world,
Mia figlia è ancora una straniera in questo mondo,
She hath not seen the change of fourteen years;
Non ha ancora visto il trascorrere di quattordici anni;
Let two more summers wither in their pride
Lasciate che altri due estati appassiscano nel loro splendore
Ere we may think her ripe to be a bride.
Prima che possiamo ritenerla matura per essere una sposa.
PARIS.
PARIDE.
Younger than she are happy mothers made.
Di più giovani di lei si fanno felici madri.
CAPULET.
CAPULETO.
And too soon marr'd are those so early made.
E troppo presto rovinate sono quelle fatte così in fretta.
Vocabulary
- Queste
- KWES-teh — These (feminine plural demonstrative adjective)
- felici
- feh-LEE-chee — Happy, joyful (plural adjective)
- maschere
- MAS-keh-reh — Masks or masquerade costumes worn at festivals
- che
- keh — That, which, who (multipurpose conjunction/pronoun)
- baciano
- BAH-chah-noh — They kiss (third person plural, present tense)
- le
- leh — The (feminine plural definite article)
- belle
- BEL-leh — Beautiful (feminine plural adjective)
- fronti
- FRON-tee — Foreheads, brows (feminine plural noun)
- delle
- DEL-leh — Of the (feminine plural prepositional contraction)
- dame
- DAH-meh — Ladies, noblewomen (feminine plural noun)
- Essendo
- es-SEN-doh — Being (gerund form of essere)
- nere
- NEH-reh — Black (feminine plural adjective)
- ci
- chee — Us, to us, there (reflexive/locative pronoun)
- ricordano
- ree-KOR-dah-noh — They remind or they remember (third person plural)
- nascondono
- nas-KON-doh-noh — They hide or conceal something (third person plural)
- la
- lah — The (feminine singular definite article)
- bellezza
- bel-LET-tsah — Beauty, physical or aesthetic attractiveness
- Colui
- koh-LOO-ee — He who, that man (demonstrative pronoun)
- è
- eh — Is (third person singular of essere)
- stato
- STAH-toh — Been; also state or condition (past participle)
- colpito
- kol-PEE-toh — Struck, hit, affected (past participle of colpire)
- dalla
- DAL-lah — By the, from the (feminine singular contraction)
- cecità
- cheh-chee-TAH — Blindness, inability to see (feminine noun)
- non
- nohn — Not (negation particle used before verbs)
- può
- PWOH — Can, is able to (third person singular modal)
- dimenticare
- dee-men-tee-KAH-reh — To forget something or someone (infinitive verb)
- Il
- eel — The (masculine singular definite article)
- prezioso
- preh-TSYOH-zoh — Precious, valuable, highly treasured (adjective)
- tesoro
- teh-ZOH-roh — Treasure, something greatly valued or cherished
- sua
- SOO-ah — His, her, its (feminine singular possessive adjective)
- vista
- VEES-tah — Sight, vision; also seen (past participle/noun)
- perduta
- per-DOO-tah — Lost (feminine singular past participle of perdere)
- Mostratemi
- mos-TRAH-teh-mee — Show me (imperative plural with indirect pronoun)
- una
- OO-nah — A, an (feminine singular indefinite article)
- donna
- DON-nah — Woman, lady (feminine singular noun)
- di
- dee — Of, from, by (versatile Italian preposition)
- straordinaria
- strah-or-dee-NAH-ryah — Extraordinary, exceptional, remarkable (feminine adjective)
- serve
- SER-veh — Serves; is useful for (third person singular)
- come
- KOH-meh — As, like, how (conjunction and adverb)
- appunto
- ap-POON-toh — Note, memo; exactly, precisely (noun/adverb)
- leggere
- LED-jeh-reh — To read (infinitive verb)
- superato
- soo-peh-RAH-toh — Surpassed, exceeded, overcome (past participle)
- Addio
- ad-DEE-oh — Farewell, goodbye (used for permanent departures)
- puoi
- PWOY — You can, you are able to (second person singular)
- insegnarmi
- in-seh-NYAR-mee — To teach me (infinitive with attached indirect pronoun)
- Pagherò
- pah-gheh-ROH — I will pay (first person singular future tense)
- dottrina
- dot-TREE-nah — Doctrine, teaching, body of knowledge (noun)
- altrimenti
- al-tree-MEN-tee — Otherwise, or else (adverb of condition)
- morirò
- moh-ree-ROH — I will die (first person singular future tense)
- debito
- DEH-bee-toh — Debt, obligation owed to someone (masculine noun)
- Escono
- ES-koh-noh — They exit, they go out (stage direction verb)
- SCENA
- SHEH-nah — Scene (theatrical division of a dramatic work)
- strada
- STRAH-dah — Street, road (feminine singular noun)
- Entrano
- EN-trah-noh — They enter (stage direction, third person plural)
- Servo
- SER-voh — Servant, male domestic worker (masculine noun)
- Ma
- mah — But, however (adversative conjunction)
- vincolato
- veen-koh-LAH-toh — Bound, constrained, tied by obligation (adjective)
- quanto
- KWAHN-toh — As much as, how much (comparative/interrogative)
- me
- meh — Me (first person singular stressed pronoun)
- pena
- PEH-nah — Penalty, punishment, sorrow (feminine noun)
- difficile
- dee-FEE-chee-leh — Difficult, hard, challenging (adjective)
- credo
- KREH-doh — I believe, I think (first person singular)
- Per
- pehr — For, through, in order to (preposition)
- uomini
- WOH-mee-nee — Men (masculine plural noun)
- così
- koh-ZEE — So, thus, like this (adverb of manner)
- anziani
- an-TSYAH-nee — Elderly, old (masculine plural adjective/noun)
- noi
- NOY — We, us (first person plural subject pronoun)
- mantenere
- man-teh-NEH-reh — To maintain, to keep, to sustain (infinitive)
- pace
- PAH-cheh — Peace, tranquility, absence of conflict (noun)
- Siete
- SYEH-teh — You are (second person plural of essere)
- entrambi
- en-TRAHM-bee — Both (of two people or things)
- onorevole
- oh-noh-REH-voh-leh — Honorable, worthy of respect (adjective)
- considerazione
- kon-see-deh-rah-TSYOH-neh — Consideration, regard, esteem (feminine noun)
- Ed
- ed — And (variant of e before vowels)
- peccato
- pek-KAH-toh — Sin; also what a pity (noun/exclamation)
- abbiate
- ab-BYAH-teh — You have (subjunctive second person plural of avere)
- vissuto
- vees-SOO-toh — Lived (past participle of vivere)
- discordia
- dees-KOR-dyah — Discord, conflict, disagreement between people
- lungo
- LOON-goh — Long, along; for a long time (adjective/preposition)
- ora
- OH-rah — Now, hour (adverb and feminine noun)
- mio
- MEE-oh — My (masculine singular possessive adjective)
- signore
- see-NYOH-reh — Lord, sir, mister (title of respect for men)
- cosa
- KOH-zah — Thing; what (feminine noun and interrogative)
- dite
- DEE-teh — You say (second person plural of dire)
- alla
- AL-lah — To the, at the (feminine singular contraction)
- mia
- MEE-ah — My (feminine singular possessive adjective)
- richiesta
- ree-KYES-tah — Request, demand, petition (feminine noun)
- Non
- nohn — Not (negation particle)
- faccio
- FAH-choh — I do, I make (first person singular of fare)
- ripetere
- ree-PEH-teh-reh — To repeat, to say again (infinitive verb)
- ciò
- choh — That, what, this thing (neuter demonstrative pronoun)
- ho
- oh — I have (first person singular of avere)
- già
- JAH — Already, before now (adverb of time)
- detto
- DET-toh — Said (past participle of dire)
- Mia
- MEE-ah — My (feminine singular possessive adjective)
- figlia
- FEE-lyah — Daughter (feminine singular noun)
- ancora
- an-KOH-rah — Still, yet, again (adverb of time)
- straniera
- strah-NYEH-rah — Foreign, stranger, unfamiliar with (feminine adjective)
- questo
- KWES-toh — This (masculine singular demonstrative adjective)
- mondo
- MON-doh — World (masculine singular noun)
- visto
- VEES-toh — Seen (past participle of vedere)
- il
- eel — The (masculine singular definite article)
- trascorrere
- tras-KOR-reh-reh — To pass, to spend time (infinitive verb)
- quattordici
- kwat-TOR-dee-chee — Fourteen (cardinal number)
- anni
- AN-nee — Years (masculine plural noun)
- Lasciate
- lah-SHAH-teh — Let, allow, leave (imperative second person plural)
- altri
- AL-tree — Other, others (masculine plural adjective/pronoun)
- due
- DOO-eh — Two (cardinal number)
- estati
- es-TAH-tee — Summers (feminine plural noun)
- appassiscano
- ap-pas-SEES-kah-noh — They wither, fade (subjunctive third person plural)
- nel
- nel — In the (masculine singular prepositional contraction)
- loro
- LOH-roh — Their, they, them (possessive and pronoun)
- splendore
- splen-DOH-reh — Splendor, brilliance, radiant beauty (masculine noun)
- Prima
- PREE-mah — Before, first, earlier (adverb/conjunction of time)
- possiamo
- pos-SYAH-moh — We can, we are able to (first person plural)
- ritenerla
- ree-teh-NER-lah — To consider her, to regard her as (infinitive+pronoun)
- matura
- mah-TOO-rah — Mature, ripe, ready (feminine singular adjective)
- per
- pehr — For, in order to (preposition/conjunction)
- essere
- ES-seh-reh — To be (infinitive of the verb essere)
- sposa
- SPOH-zah — Bride, wife (feminine singular noun)
- Di
- dee — Of, from (preposition)
- più
- pyoo — More, most (comparative adverb)
- giovani
- JOH-vah-nee — Young (plural adjective/noun)
- lei
- LAY — She, her (third person singular feminine pronoun)
- si
- see — Oneself, reflexive pronoun (third person)
- fanno
- FAN-noh — They make, they become (third person plural of fare)
- madri
- MAH-dree — Mothers (feminine plural noun)
- E
- eh — And (basic coordinating conjunction)
- troppo
- TROP-poh — Too much, excessively (adverb/adjective)
- presto
- PRES-toh — Soon, quickly, early (adverb of time/manner)
- rovinate
- roh-vee-NAH-teh — Ruined, damaged, destroyed (feminine plural past participle)
- sono
- SOH-noh — They are, I am (first/third person of essere)
- quelle
- KWEL-leh — Those (feminine plural demonstrative adjective/pronoun)
- fatte
- FAT-teh — Made, done (feminine plural past participle of fare)
- fretta
- FRET-tah — Haste, hurry, rush (feminine singular noun)
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